Once you send your intent to apply you can add performances to the event calendar which is distributed weekly to the panelists. Getting your performances onto the calendar as soon as possible is the best way to ensure you are seen by our panelists.

It is not necessary to send an Intent to Apply in order to apply for the McKnight Theater Artist Fellowship, but it is strongly encouraged. It allows the panelists to see more of your work than the work samples.

Choosing your theatrical medium

It is possible to apply under more than one medium. In doing so, simply know that you will be evaluated alongside all other individuals in that medium. We encourage you to put your best foot forward. For example if you are a director and you act sometimes, and you apply as a director/actor, you will be evaluated next to individuals who are only actors, and have only been acting for many many years. We advise you to put your best foot forward and apply for where you are excellent.

Advice from 2012-13 Fellow Christopher Lutter-Gardella

“I had applied three years in a row for the McKnight Theater Artist Fellowship. In this last application I really took time to say ‘this is who I am,’ not ‘this is what I do.’ My application included my artistic philosophy, and I think that really resonated with the panel. Take the time to tell the panelists why you do what you do—don’t just show them.”